I hope you had a Happy COVID19 Thanksgiving. 2020 has been a year filled uncertainty and changes. I hope that you and your loved ones are safe and healthy and you are taking care of your physical and emotional health. I bought myself flowers and it has made my desk much more inviting. Small changes can have big results! I am thinking about this quote: “The bad news is that time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” by Michael Altshuler from Hoda Kotb’s book “I Really Needed This Today!”
Thank you to Thrive Global for publishing my articles!
Coping with COVID through Groundhog Day, Total Meditation and Badass Habits!
Escape into Fiction this Fall shares one dozen books to read and discover! I hope you find one to fall in love with!
Thank you to Southern Travelers Explore Conference for inviting me to be their Keynote Speaker! I am honored! My talk is called: Grateful For The Journey! As the King would say, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!” And I will be sharing secrets to start filming video. As Elvis would say, “It’s Now Or Never” so get started today!
Lisa Niver C’89, a travel journalist and founder of We Said Go Travel, has taken Flat Ben on the road with her during pre-COVID days. Here she shares some of her favorite shots for #Homecomingathome. Posted by The Pennsylvania Gazette on Wednesday, November 11, 2020
This year for Penn Homecoming–we celebrated #HomeComingAtHome! I shared about all the places I took Penn Ben (like Flat Stanley!) including the United Nations in New York and The Gates Foundation Conference at Lincoln Center! Click here to see all of the photos! Thanks to the Penn Gazette for sharing so many of my photos in Pictures of Penn!
I am thankful for all of your support. I am missing traveling but want to keep myself and my family as safe and healthy as possible. Please enjoy my Galapagos videos from my adventures in December 2019. I hope we can all wander around the world again someday!
WHERE CAN YOU FIND MY TRAVEL VIDEOS?
Here is the link to my video channel on YouTube where I have over one and a quarter million views on YouTube! (Exact count: 1,275,312 views) Thank you for your support! Are you one of my 2,915 subscribers? I hope you will join me and subscribe!
For more We Said Go Travel articles, TV segments, videos and social media: CLICK HERE
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Thankful during COVID: We Said Go Travel News Nov 2020
Lisa Ellen Niver
Nov News 2020 with We Said Go Travel:
I hope you had a Happy COVID19 Thanksgiving. 2020 has been a year filled uncertainty and changes. I hope that you and your loved ones are safe and healthy and you are taking care of your physical and emotional health. I bought myself flowers and it has made my desk much more inviting. Small changes can have big results! I am thinking about this quote: “The bad news is that time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” by Michael Altshuler from Hoda Kotb’s book “I Really Needed This Today!”
Thank you to Thrive Global for publishing my articles!
Coping with COVID through Groundhog Day, Total Meditation and Badass Habits!
Escape into Fiction this Fall shares one dozen books to read and discover! I hope you find one to fall in love with!
Thank you to Southern Travelers Explore Conference for inviting me to be their Keynote Speaker! I am honored! My talk is called: Grateful For The Journey! As the King would say,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!” And I will be sharing secrets to start filming video. As Elvis would say, “It’s Now Or Never” so get started today!
This year for Penn Homecoming–we celebrated #HomeComingAtHome! I shared about all the places I took Penn Ben (like Flat Stanley!) including the United Nations in New York and The Gates Foundation Conference at Lincoln Center! Click here to see all of the photos! Thanks to the Penn Gazette for sharing so many of my photos in Pictures of Penn!
I have been honored to publish articles by Elwood Hopkins, Cherice Flanagan Taylor, The Book Truck and my art studio, Members Only LA.
Over 200 friends, students and family gathered to Celebrate the Life of Joannie Parker. You can watch the event on Vimeo and also see the Tribute created with words about her!
I am thankful for all of your support. I am missing traveling but want to keep myself and my family as safe and healthy as possible. Please enjoy my Galapagos videos from my adventures in December 2019. I hope we can all wander around the world again someday!
WHERE CAN YOU FIND MY TRAVEL VIDEOS?
Here is the link to my video channel on YouTube where I have over one and a quarter million views on YouTube! (Exact count: 1,275,312 views) Thank you for your support! Are you one of my 2,915 subscribers? I hope you will join me and subscribe!
For more We Said Go Travel articles, TV segments, videos and social media: CLICK HERE
Find me on social media: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, and at LisaNiver.com. My social media following is now over 160,000 and I am verified on Twitter.
My fortune cookies said:
“In the midst of a busy life, take some time to be a kid again.”
“Pick a path with Heart!”
Stay safe and healthy! We will travel again….
Lisa
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